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Re: STOURPORT - Aviation Fuel Reserve Depot WW2 - Location?

Re: STOURPORT - Aviation Fuel Reserve Depot WW2 - Location?

I looked at the 'pumps' site with some interest a while back and although the buildings and apparent blast walls etc look interesting it is marked on the 1:25000 maps as a sewage works.
Perhaps a site visit or a PNK historic aerial pic are required?

Edit: Problem is StreetView does not seem to cover that particular street!

Re: STOURPORT - Aviation Fuel Reserve Depot WW2 - Location?

When I visited the site whilst attending a breakdown on a machine,there were warning signs all around saying petroleum spirit-no smoking.and there was evidence of very old mostly,unreadable signs on the gates and fences in the WD style.
Im not sure about its true function,but i am pretty sure there was pump gear in one of the buildings.
I used to go to quite a lot of current and former military sites...just wish i had a camera handy.

Re: STOURPORT - Aviation Fuel Reserve Depot WW2 - Location?

Re: STOURPORT - Aviation Fuel Reserve Depot WW2 - Location?

how true this is I dont know as I'm going on the words of a chap who works at a place I deliver to after talking to him last night at work , but the pumping station is still used as is parts of the tank farm at Lincombe for the storage of a flammable liquid by a company who make rocket propellants